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Garbz
14-10-2012, 10:41 PM
The Sculptor galaxy was becoming somewhat of a practical joke for me. At one point I thought I was able to reliably control the weather. I've had 5 goes at this target now and all previous attempts resulted in total exposure times less than 11min.

My best attempt was 1min. After setting up a scope and drift aligning to what looked like a perfectly clear night I set my camera to 1min, looked up and the sky closed on me. One 1min frame is all I got the entire night.

My unluckiest attempt was foiled by a bushfire.

Anyway finally with clear nights last night, 4h 11min, with 1min subs.

Taken with:
Nikon D800,
Celestron C8, with f/6.3 reducer
NEQ6
Guided through Starshoot Autoguider through a 50mm finderguider.

Larryp
14-10-2012, 10:49 PM
Nice image, Chris!:thumbsup:

Carl
14-10-2012, 10:59 PM
Great shot Chris Lots of detail. I know what you mean about the weather, I finally managed to get about 50 subs of ngc253 last night.
Tough business this astro imaging at the moment, but then again nothing we can do about the weather.

Good luck and keep up the good work
Carl

RickS
15-10-2012, 09:57 PM
Well done, Chris!

ourkind
16-10-2012, 01:48 AM
Very nice love the colours and detail, has a subtle 3d'ish effect.

Garbz
16-10-2012, 10:14 PM
Thanks for the kind words all. I'm very happy with the results.